Winkel (G2), De Lind 12

English translation

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Description

Introduction.

At De Lind, number 12-12A, there is a former SHOP WITH DWELLING from 1921 where tobacco products, alcoholic beverages and groceries were sold. In this year, at the behest of J.J. Blomjous, the ground floor of the originally circa 1905 building was renovated, and the entire front facade was also renewed. On the upper storey there had been a WAREHOUSE for leather goods since the time of construction of the building, with a DWELLING HOUSE beneath it. In 1927 this warehouse also disappeared, when at the behest of the new owner L. Fassaert the upper storey was also converted to a dwelling. Currently the shop and business functions are still being exercised in the building.

The front facade faces De Lind and is built in a late Art Nouveau style. The tiles, by contrast, display Art Deco stylistic elements. The remaining facades are free-standing. Interior has been largely lost during renovations. The single-storey extension on the rear facade dates from more recent times and is left outside the protection. In the right-hand side facade various original windows have been bricked up and new window and door openings created. An iron balcony with staircase has also disappeared here.

Description.

The partially cellared building comprises two storeys on a rectangular floor plan. A gabled roof, provided with cross tiles, with a roof dormer and a chimney on the left roof slope, covers the whole. Stepped gables crown the front and rear of the building. The side facades are closed under the roof edge with a wooden plank ornamental gutter. The building is largely constructed with brickwork in cross bond. In the detailed, symmetrically arranged front facade various other materials are used. On the ground floor, diversely coloured glazed tiles frame two moulded wooden shop display cases with large mirror panes and facet-cut fanlights. A low-set step runs across the entire width of the front facade. In the middle the shop door with moulded door surround, two cushion panels below the window and stylised door handle. The shop front is closed off by a steeply projecting moulded gutter on brackets, with above it roof slopes covered with slates in random-lap tiling. On the storey three large glass windows with fixed frames between narrow pilasters, likewise clad with glazed tiles. The fanlights of the ground floor are partly repeated on the storey in a larger size and are provided with leaded glass with grape motifs, in this way establishing a relationship with the function of the building as a wine merchant.

The middle window has a three-sided bay window. A rendered brick frieze delimits the storey and forms the beginning of a composite stepped gable with natural stone shoulder pieces, ending in a stepped gable, crowned with a ridge tile and weather vane. Centrally in the stepped gable a round-arch window with coloured glass, above it a geometric tile tableau and Art Nouveau wall anchor. Natural stone corbels with dentil-list motif support projecting parts of the stepped gable.

The rear facade is closed above the recent extension with a flattened spout gable, bordered with a brick roll moulding. On the side facades the original industrial function can best be read. Substantial, long wall anchors testify to great loads on the second storey, and in the right-hand facade there is still the door to a now removed balcony with staircase, via which the upper storey was directly accessible from outside. Further in the right-hand facade new two-pane windows with smaller fanlights in straight frames under a segmental arch and with a brick lintel. In the left-hand facade three-pane windows in rectangular frames in barred window openings with roll moulding and lintel. Also some small square casement windows.

In the interior two deep, mortared niches remain, presumably stoking niches. In the cellar numerous mortared storage niches can still be found.

Valuation.

The building is of general significance because of its cultural-historical values. It is a particular expression of socio-economic developments, as it illustrates the development of the leather trade and the rise of the tobacco industry. The change of function of the building shows the increasing importance of De Lind as a centre of commercial activities. Furthermore, the object is a particular expression of a typological development. It exemplifies the tendency after the turn of the century to provide shop buildings—particularly also on the first storey—with increasingly large glass windows from a commercial point of view. Moreover, the building possesses architectural-historical value because of the varied material use in the front facade and the detailed ornamentation. Furthermore, the building has ensemble values, as it forms part of the facade wall on De Lind and the village centre, which has already been designated as a protected village scene. It contributes to the preservation of the visual integrity of this environment. Finally, rarity should also not go unmentioned. It is significant because of its architectural-historical and construction-technical rarity.